Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, THAT is hard core :-) On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:41 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Ditto, I often use an ND1.8 so I can use 5000 during the day ;-) > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > I love the texture at ISO 5000 so much particularly in low light with > lower contrast lenses, that I don't do anything to the noise. > > Marty > > > > On Tuesday, 28 January 2014, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, does anyone who do all sort of tricks to get > > "better noise behaviors" etc. have good photos to show? > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Jay Burleson > > <leica at jayburleson.com<javascript:;> > > >wrote: > > > > > I am more apt to follow Ted's advice and just go out and shoot, but > > enough > > > interest has been raised here and on other forums for me to > > > undertake > > this > > > absolutely non-scientific test. > > > There has been some chatter about deliberately underexposing the M9 > > > at a lower iso and then pushing the exposure in post to get better > > > noise results, and questions have been asked, since the Monochrom > > > shares the > > same > > > base sensor as the M9, if that would work with it. > > > > > > The answer is yes and no. > > > It is doable, but (to my eye), there is no appreciable reason to do it. > > > There is a slight (approx. 1/4 stop) gain in the highlight side of > > > the histogram, but the overall noise is the same, and when fully > > > processed, > > no > > > real differences. > > > It does demonstrate how much detail is available in the Monochrom > > shadows; > > > a 5 stop push on the underexposed image was just fine. > > > > > > #2171: iso 10000, -.3 stop exposure compensation, no other Lightroom > > > adjustments. > > > > > > #2172: iso 1250, -.3 stop exposure compensation, + 3 stops exposure > > > added in Lightroom. > > > > > > #2171A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in > > > my opinion). > > > > > > #2172A: Additional post processing in Lightroom to look correct (in > > > my opinion). > > > > > > The images are here: > > > > > > http://jayburleson.com/leica/misc_images/mm_iso_test/ > > > -- > > > Jay, > > > > > > Jay Burleson Gallery > > > <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto